The Government Accountability Office tells Whispers it is now
investigating large ammunition purchases made by the Department of
Homeland Security. Chuck Young, a spokesman for GAO, says the
investigation of the purchases is “just getting underway.”

The congressional investigative agency is jumping into the fray just
as legislation was introduced in both the Senate and the House to
restrict the purchase of ammo by some government agencies (except the
Department of Defense). The AMMO Act, introduced Friday, would prevent
agencies from buying more ammunition if “stockpiles” are greater than
what they were in previous administrations.

Donelle Harder, a spokeswoman for Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., who
introduced the legislation in the Senate, tells Whispers the bill would
also require GAO to share the findings of its report on DHS purchases
with Congress.